MARTIN LUTHER KING THEMED MOVIES

Nickel Boys
2024
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school to...
Malcolm X
1992
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his ...
Selma
2014
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in viol...
Uptight
1968
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Boycott
2001
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Mart...
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it mea...
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
We Shall Overcome
2006
A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denm...
MLK/FBI
2020
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther Ki...
The March
1964
The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights M...
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.